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The 5 privileges that stand out the most to me are:
I can arrange to protect my children most of the time from people who may not like them
If a traffic cop pulls me over or…..I can be sure I haven’t been singled out because of my race
I can be sure if I need legal or medical help my race will not work against me
I can if I wish to arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time
I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the place I have chosen.
It was hard for me to choose from this list, as some of these are not true. I am writing this on vacation in Vietnam, where we are visiting where we used to live. Here, our white skin counts against us when shopping in the markets. We get pinched, touched, stared at and harassed!! Additionally, there aren’t white faces shown in the newspapers, or on TV, and where we are staying we aren’t surrounded by pleasant white neighbours. Our neighbours are Vietnamese, and very noisy, and here I can’t find someone to cut my daughters very curly blonde hair! Bearing that in mind, I had to really scan through Peggy’s list to find those that I feel work for me. On the most part, these are true no matter where in the world I live – in these categories I still have white privilege. The above 5 affect my life because of the international environment I work in; I can chose an expatriate/international medical clinic; I can spend time only with other expats if I chose and I have the means to select accommodation where I want to stay, sometimes places far outside of the means of an average Vietnamese earner. The way I see all these points connected, combined with the colourblind perspective is that these are things, as whites, we take for granted. No thought, effort or consideration necessary, these things just happen. This, I think is the big idea, the thread that connects them all. They really only work for whites, because of the majority status and are the driving agent in the social dominance theory. The first step in counteracting some of this colourblindness is to begin to recognize these white privileges. This will allow for greater understanding of the social inequity for non white individuals.What do you guys think?
The 5 privileges that stand out to me are:
I can be pretty sure that my neighbors in such a location will be neutral or pleasant to me.
I can go shopping alone most of the time, pretty well assured that I will not be followed or harassed.
I can arrange to protect my children most of the time from people who might not like them.
I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be
mistreated in the place I have chosen.
I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help my race will not work against me.
Looking at the list, I could not seem to find one item that did not apply to me in some way. Things as simple as having nice neighbors and going shopping without being harrassed are important to me however I never thought about the alternatives and that others do not have such positive experiences. My colorblindness has lead me to take many of these things for granted because I have never been discriminated against due to my race or felt like I was in a disadvantaged position. My life has been pretty easy and I am now learning that a big reason for that is because I am White. It's easy to forget about other people when the majority of the people you are surrounded by are members of the dominant group. We are so used to our own privileges that we forget about those who have none. Until we can see our own color and acknowledge the priviledges social inequality will continue to exist.
Summary
Members of the dominant group tend to take for granted many of the privileges they receive because the priviledges just hapen without having to think about it, thus leading to ignorance of the fact that people of color are not afforded the same privileges. Acknowledging white priviledge is the first step in recognizing social inequity. Until we acknowledge and accept items such as Peggy's list, we cannot begin to level the playing field. These things are important in affecting the daily quality of life and should be accessible for all. Until such changes are made minority groups will continue to struggle in situations such as expressing views or experiences from outside the culture regarding political items and become labeled as unpatriotic. They may also feel the burden to speak on behalf of their ethnicity or culture even when it doesn't cover all of the viewpoints within the culture.
Home > Activity 4-A-3: White Privilege > Group C
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You don't need to sign your work or indicate which sections you contributed; your facilitator can see your contributions in the history of the page. Your group summary should demonstrate your collaboration rather than being a collection of unconnected individual ideas. When your group decides that the summary is finished, have one group member remove "(Draft)" below so your facilitator will know that it is ready for review.
Summary
Hi team, happy to kick start this wiki summary....
The 5 privileges that stand out the most to me are:
It was hard for me to choose from this list, as some of these are not true. I am writing this on vacation in Vietnam, where we are visiting where we used to live. Here, our white skin counts against us when shopping in the markets. We get pinched, touched, stared at and harassed!! Additionally, there aren’t white faces shown in the newspapers, or on TV, and where we are staying we aren’t surrounded by pleasant white neighbours. Our neighbours are Vietnamese, and very noisy, and here I can’t find someone to cut my daughters very curly blonde hair!
Bearing that in mind, I had to really scan through Peggy’s list to find those that I feel work for me. On the most part, these are true no matter where in the world I live – in these categories I still have white privilege. The above 5 affect my life because of the international environment I work in; I can chose an expatriate/international medical clinic; I can spend time only with other expats if I chose and I have the means to select accommodation where I want to stay, sometimes places far outside of the means of an average Vietnamese earner.
The way I see all these points connected, combined with the colourblind perspective is that these are things, as whites, we take for granted. No thought, effort or consideration necessary, these things just happen. This, I think is the big idea, the thread that connects them all. They really only work for whites, because of the majority status and are the driving agent in the social dominance theory. The first step in counteracting some of this colourblindness is to begin to recognize these white privileges. This will allow for greater understanding of the social inequity for non white individuals.What do you guys think?
The 5 privileges that stand out to me are:
mistreated in the place I have chosen.
Looking at the list, I could not seem to find one item that did not apply to me in some way. Things as simple as having nice neighbors and going shopping without being harrassed are important to me however I never thought about the alternatives and that others do not have such positive experiences. My colorblindness has lead me to take many of these things for granted because I have never been discriminated against due to my race or felt like I was in a disadvantaged position. My life has been pretty easy and I am now learning that a big reason for that is because I am White. It's easy to forget about other people when the majority of the people you are surrounded by are members of the dominant group. We are so used to our own privileges that we forget about those who have none. Until we can see our own color and acknowledge the priviledges social inequality will continue to exist.
Summary
Members of the dominant group tend to take for granted many of the privileges they receive because the priviledges just hapen without having to think about it, thus leading to ignorance of the fact that people of color are not afforded the same privileges. Acknowledging white priviledge is the first step in recognizing social inequity. Until we acknowledge and accept items such as Peggy's list, we cannot begin to level the playing field. These things are important in affecting the daily quality of life and should be accessible for all. Until such changes are made minority groups will continue to struggle in situations such as expressing views or experiences from outside the culture regarding political items and become labeled as unpatriotic. They may also feel the burden to speak on behalf of their ethnicity or culture even when it doesn't cover all of the viewpoints within the culture.